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Literature
A Poem of Blood and Steel: Chapter 1 A Poem Of Blood And Steel
Chapter One: A New Beginning
The city was at the mercy of the icy winds of winter that blew violently. The streets had been cleared and homes had been boarded up. The whole place looked deserted while snow fell upon it in heavy volume, covering all in white sheets. And all the while, the moon hung in the sky, full faced and shining its milk white light, illuminating the world below through the one gap in the cloudy sky.
At the center of the city was a great castle, the oldest building still standing in the entire city, built long ago of stone and wood. It had survived war, famine, disease, and fire. But just like